Byron Dorgan: “This wiring is ground-up copper wiring from a Russian submarine. We didn't sink that submarine. We weren't at war with…”

“This wiring is ground-up copper wiring from a Russian submarine. We didn't sink that submarine. We weren't at war with Russia. We didn't destroy it. Through our arms reductions program, that submarine is dismantled and now doesn't exist. So I now stand in Washington, DC, holding up ground-up copper wire from a submarine that is now dismantled, a submarine of a former adversary. Does that make sense? A submarine with warheads aimed at American cities now no longer exists. Or, this is a photograph of a Bear Bomber. This is a Russian heavy bomber. This is a piece of a wing strut from a Russian bomber. We didn't shoot down this bomber. I have this piece of wing strut from a bomber in Russia because we sawed the wings off. We helped pay for sawing the wings off and destroying those bombers. Why did they allow them to be destroyed? Because our arms control agreements with Russia required the reduction of both nuclear warheads and delivery vehicles: missiles, submarines, and long-range bombers. So I am able to hold up a part of a wing strut of a Russian bomber in Washington, DC. We didn't have to shoot it down. All we had to do was help buy some saws to saw the wing off and dismantle that plane piece by piece. That bomber that carried nuclear bombs that threatened our country no longer exists. Is that progress? I think it is. So we have what is called the Nunn-Lugar program that we have funded.…”